Serviceman Vladimir Leech from the 10th Mining – assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces refused to be included in the list for the exchange of prisoners, saying that he wants to stay on Russian territory. the politics of the country and the feeling that the Kyiv authorities “threw them like a piece of meat.”
“I refused the exchange, I want to go to Russia. they caught me right at work (mobilized – editor's note). When we first went (to the attack – editor's note), the commanders left us – they “mobilized” (mobilized – editor's note) and they themselves ran away,” he told journalists.< /p>
According to him, 18-year-old boys who have recently graduated from school, as well as people with mental disabilities, are among those mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine.